Name: Maa Villaku recipe by Saras Viswam at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: Rice flour - 1 cup; Finely grated jaggery - ¾ cup; Cardamom powder - 2 pinches; Ghee - 3 to 4 tbsp; For the lamp:; Ghee - as needed; Cotton wicks

ABOUT Maa Villaku RECIPE

Maavilakku Mavu (Maa Vilakku Mavu) is an auspicious rice flour lamp made with rice flour and jaggery during Tamil Month Thai, Aadi and also during Karthigai Deepam festival. It is a family custom for many of to offer Maavilakku during these auspicious occasions.

Instructions

Take the rice flour in a mixer along with grated jaggery and cardamom.
Grind the rice and jaggery. Just give a blend to mix the rice and jaggery thoroughly.
Leave the ground rice and jaggery powder in a bowl and leave it aside for 10-15 minutes.
The jaggery leaves moisture to the rice flour.
After 15 minutes add 3 tbsp of ghee and mix the flour mixture till the ghee incorporates nicely.
Split the rice and jaggery mixture into two portions. Knead the rice and jaggery mixture to 2 balls.
Take any mould, grease the mould with a tsp of ghee and gently press the rice balls into the mould.
Invert the mould gently on a plate and make a small dent with the bottle cap in the centre for pouring ghee to light the lamp.
Divine maavilaku is ready to lit.
Pour needed ghee in the dent keep the cotton wick and light the lamp .
May godess maariamman bless this world with her kindness, and blessings.

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